Topic: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 - page 104. (Read 58451 times)

That game was awesome.  Lutz drilled a 60 yarder only to clank the 61 yards minutes later to tie the game.  That had to been the game of the weekend right there.  It was a little slow but that 4th quarter was dramatic.  Close second was the Seattle 48- lions 45 game.  Wish I took the over on that one lol.

Good question. I may have to put a bet in and lose some more money to find out.


Interesting... Its a Degen Simulator.

This reminds me of the time I tried to do a Super Bowl betting game using Counterparty during my early forum days. It was a complete flop but the tokens used for the game are now 8+ years old and I will likely sell them as collectibles at some point.

Similar to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs versus the Bucanneers, why are Matthew Stafford and the Rams the underdogs versus Jimmy G and the 49ers? I thought the Rams would be -3 favor it hehehe.

In any case, because all of you are fantasy league lovers, you might also love this.

https://flip.xyz/fantasy

It is an NFT fantasy league hehe.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Flip_xyz/status/1575577539061243904

No, thank you. 

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@ChiBitCTy, sorry bro, I'm looking at your bench an thanking my lucky stars.  Rashaad Penny, holy shit!  Anyway, my QB is making my DST suck fumunda cheese, thwarting my meagre effort to beat you.  What a shitty week for points, my whole team is sucking.  I need help at every position.

Speaking of Penny, who took the over on Seahawks @ Detroit? 

LOL, to be fair hes been pedestrian all year until today. I took a hard pass on all Raiders cause Carr sucks sweaty balls sacks.

Also I posted that list so that so I can go back at the end of the season and see how it turned out.

Karma...

Holy shit been busy and not watching, FUCKING Raiders gonna sink me!

Fucking RAIDERS !!!!!!

LAST place Fucking Rushing Raiders !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hueristic needs a big game from Lombardi Lenny to even have a chance or he will fall to 1-3...

Fournette has zero touchdowns on the season, is due to score imo, even though Kansas City's rush defense isn't all that bad. I'd love the Bucs to stay on the ground more. I don't want Brady going ape shit against me, but that's unlikely given that he'll have all of his receivers back, with Godwin and Julio both expected to play.

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Kenny Pickett, the Steelers rookie QB, with an interesting stat in his debut: two rush TDs and three interceptions (in just two quarters). Lol

Well, they got un-beaten really quickly and it's been quite exciting in a few other games as well. If Green Bay defense doesn't fuck it up I might still have a chance.

I posted that before he scored, actually didn't expect him to after seeing the play calling.

Jags are beating up the Eagles pretty good, that is costing me.

Well, there goes my hope for the weekend LOL

Play on the New Orleans Mardi Gra beads?






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HOLY Shit 60 Yards Baby!!!





Hey, I just noticed all the 1-2 teams are playing 2-1 Teams this week!

Would be cool if it was all tied up at the end of the week!

I wake up early anyway, but in all honesty I was hoping the Manchester derby (Premier League Soccer) would be broadcast.  Nope, the NFL has a lot of clout with US TV providers, and I'm sure they don't want the broadcast competition.

Have you guys noticed all the fat gold-chains in stands?  Do people London think all Americans dress like Gangsta Rappers, lol?

Yeah, I woke up early and decided to stay up and watch the london game.

Grabbed Hill and threw him in for Kittle just for the chuckles and regretting it a little.

Bonus football today.  I kinda like these London games being on the east coast.  West coast US that's 630 in the morning a little early lol.  But for me there is football from 930am to 12pm.  Complete washout of a day on the east coast so perfect day for football

**Wanting to trade for RB**

I am absolutely stacked at WR. I could use an upgrade to my second RB.  Though I really like all my RBs and they have a ton of upside potential, I’m looking to move one of my WRs and RBs to someone who’s got an extra RB they’d be willing to trade that would be a slight upgrade to any of my RBs (outside Harris of course).  Someone like Aaron Jones for example is the type of back Im looking for.

Anyone interested please let me know



uhsra

The storyline of the month.



The Dolphins failed Tua Tagovailoa. Will any change come of it?

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left the game on a stretcher after his head was violently slammed into the ground on a sack by Bengals defensive tackle Josh Tupou in the second quarter. Tagovailoa was immediately taken to a nearby hospital. The whole scene was a nightmare.

The Dolphins immediately classified it as a head and neck injury. But the appropriate word is concussion, or more specifically, a traumatic brain injury. In case the force of the hit and the still body wasn’t indication enough, replays showed Tagovailoa fingers sprayed, almost as if he were trying to contort them.

What a sad reality how little the NFL does little to protect its players, the backbone of its brand. The NBA has started resting its stars and starters for periodic games in recent years. MLB, for all its issues, has trended toward limiting innings for its starting pitchers. While this may be due to analytics pointing to less effectiveness the third time through a batting order, less innings pitched is a net positive for arm health. The NFL, on the other hand, decided to add a 17th game because apparently the league needs more revenue streams.

Source https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/30/tua-tagovailoa-miami-dolphins-concussion-head-injury



I am quite certain that the NFL commissioner will be forced to do something. He will declare that there will be an investigation, however, after this investigation there might only be a fine. A fine that the Miami Dolphins can pay easily, I reckon.

I almost became a fan because of Mike McDaniels.

This will be a turning point I think.  Poor kid was thrown out there to die.  No way with all the technology they didn't know he was concussion to begin with.  Any sign at all nfl is just going to have to shut them down for a long while.  Kid may never be right ever again and I'm not talking football I'm talking in life like you said.  I love football but not like this.  He should have NEVER been out there.

This is an unfortunate event not only for Tua, but for the NFL as a whole.

I don't give a shit if the kid ever plays football again.  There are far more important things in life, like being coherent enough to watch your children grow up, and teach them how to ride a bike.  If it turns out that the Dolphins knew of a head injury from Sunday's game, and then let him start on Thursday, heads (and a lot dollars) will roll.  I have no patience or tolerance for those who'll put productivity above human safety.  Nothing else matters.  Even if it turns out that the stumbling last Sunday was a result of a back injury, that is a dereliction of duty by the coaching staff.

We've all been injured before, and we all know of how an injury can cause us to change our mechanics when doing the simplest things.  Washing dishes can exacerbate a back injury, let alone being body slammed.

Unfortunately the culture of football also ingrains into the young men that injuries are a part of the game, and if you can't play through your injuries you're not tough enough.  This needs to change.  The other thing that needs to change is defenses specifically targeting injuries when tackling another player.  We saw this last Thursday night when Herbert was playing with sore ribs.  We even saw it a few plays before Tupou body-slammed Tua.  Tupou went for Tua's ankle, again targeting a specific area he knew was causing Tua trouble.  That's just bullshit and shouldn't be tolerated.  Defensive players who do that should be ejected from games, and possibly banned from the league.

Unfortunately these types of discussions have happened regularly for decades that I can remember.  I remember similar discussions when Joe Montana was suffering from back injuries when he still played for the Niners in the late 80's.  Whenever something tragic happens the topic is high on everyone's radar, but a few months later it's forgotten about.  I know the league has been making changes over time to combat injuries, specifically head injuries, but these changes seem to come slowly, if at all.

And deservedly so, maybe the Dolphins were just unlucky and Tua did in fact only had a back injury, but things are not looking good for them, they received criticism for playing Tua in a short week and then we saw what it happened, the tackle was clean without any malicious intention or excessive force, but the way Tua hit the ground immediately set a red alarm in my head and when I saw his hands I really felt sorry for the kid because it was obvious he was not OK.

I also noticed as @DireWolf14 mentioned that Tua did not gave a thumbs up, now this may seem like a useless sign, but he either could not do it or he was so out there he did not even knew what was happening, and neither of those two options is a good sign for Tua.